Title: Identifying Funding Sources for Public Health Research Administrators
1Identifying Funding Sources for Public Health
Research Administrators
- Office of Information Communications
GrantSource Library
2- Office of Information Communications
GrantSource Library - 307 Bynum Hall
- (on Cameron Avenue)
- Monday-Friday 800 a.m. - 500 p.m.
3Contact Us
- Public Service Desk 919-962-3463 gs_at_unc.edu
- Susan Gramling, GrantSource Librarian 919-962-776
6 susan_gramling_at_unc.edu - Elizabeth Allen, GrantSource Librarian 919-962-60
22 allen_at_unc.edu
4Library Services
- Assistance and instruction in
- using databases and other resources to conduct
funding searches - finding tips and guides on proposal development
- identifying funded research and awards made
5Learning Objectives
- You will learn
- time-saving tips for researching funding
opportunities - to search COS, SPIN and Foundation Directory
Online - to set up funding alert service/s
- to find out what awards have been made by
specific agencies
6Resources for This Workshop
- This PowerPoint Presentation
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/workshops_arch
ive.phpfaculty (click on School of Public
Health Research Administrators)
7Tips for Researching Funding Opportunities
- Look for potential funders with a good fit
- Identify funders goals or needs
- Talk to the program officer
- Broaden your search
- Approach your search from different perspectives
Handout Tips for Researching Funding
Opportunities
8Things to Consider Before Searching
- Keywords that apply to research interests
- Specific and broad disciplinary terms
- Categories that apply to PI
- Faculty/junior faculty/postdoc, citizenship,
minority, woman - Type of award sought
- Research, program support, training grant,
fellowship, postdoctoral, travel
9Where to Start Your Search
- Visit our website and search on your
ownhttp//research.unc.edu/grantsource/ - Use Finding Funding 101 for tips on organizing
your search - E-mail or call if you have questions
- Visit the GrantSource Library for in-person help
and instruction in using online and library
resources - Schedule a consultation
10http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/
11COS Funding Opportunities Database
- Main search (recommended)
- recommended fields keywords, requirements,
citizenship or residency, activity location,
funding type - click Add Keywords to view keyword subject tree
- use Search feature to find keywords you want
- uncheck Explode if you use broad keywords
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpcos PDF Handout Searching COS Funding
Opportunities
12COS Saved Funding Searches
- Weekly email with new or updated opportunities
- For best results, do three steps
- First, register for COS expertise profile
(graduate profiles are unpublished) - Second, go to Manage Your Profile and click on
Current Positions to Edit Your Current
Position with title, school, department - Third, click Add a Search to do a funding
search and then Save Search
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
.phpcos PDF Handout Intro to COS Workbench
Funding Alerts
13Discussion
- What techniques have you used successfully with
your PIs? - What didnt work as well?
- What are your challenges?
14InfoEd SPINFunding Opportunities Database
- Similar to COS
- Main differences
- additional opportunities
- different keywords and search terms
- different interface (keywords alphabetized)
- Be certain to use Search and not Enter
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpspin - PDF Handout Searching InfoEd SPIN Basics
15InfoEd SMARTS/GENIUS
- GENIUS is InfoEds expertise profile
- required to receive SMARTS
- these are NOT published
- faculty and staff only, not grad students
- SMARTS is InfoEds funding alert service
- only one alert, but can have unlimited keywords
- alerts are sporadic (when opportunity announced)
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
.phpspin PDF Handout InfoEd SMARTS Funding
Alert
16Foundation Directory Online
- Private foundations and corporate grantmakers in
the US - Available from Foundation Center through your
development officer or the GrantSource Library - Search Grantmakers or Search Grants Made
- Foundations often use broader fields of
interest - Also try Keyword Search
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpfoundation
17Free Foundation Center Resources
- Foundation Center Foundation Finder
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpfinding - Health Funding Watch
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
.phpspecialized - Foundation Center 990 Finder
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/awards_made.ph
pprivate
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpfoundation
18Research Support Newsletter
- Published by the Office of the Vice Chancellor
for Research and Economic Development - Provides research news and funding tips
- Lists funding opportunities in multidisciplinary
research, social and behavioral sciences, health
and medical sciences, life and physical sciences,
and arts and humanities
- View http//research.unc.edu/rs/funding.html
- Subscribe http//research.unc.edu/rs/subscribe.ht
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19Office of Research Development
- Helps research groups develop competitive
proposals, with a focus on multidisciplinary,
collaborative projects - Manages selection process for special limited
awards and grants - Conducts workshops in proposal writing,
multidisciplinary/collaborative research, and
project development/evaluation strategies
http//research.unc.edu/ord
20Thank You!
- Please take a moment to tell us how we did.
- Handout GrantSource Library Presentation
Evaluation - Presenter Susan Gramling
21Other useful resources
22Carolina Internal Funding Database
- Information on funding provided by or
administered by UNC-Chapel Hill offices - Searchable by only one field at a time
- Search by faculty, postdoctoral scholar, etc
- Smaller database
- Contribute any of your units opportunities that
are soliciting applications to gs_at_unc.edu
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.phpcarolina
23Other Funding Databases
- Federal databases
- especially NIH Guide
- Specialized databases
- GrantsNet for biomedical and science education
- FundSource for social and behavioral sciences
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_databa
ses.php
24Specialized Alert Services
- Grants.gov
- Agency-specific alerts
- NIH Guide TOC, CDC, AHRQ and others
- Foundation alerts
- Health Funding Watch
- Robert Wood Johnson email services for grants
http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/funding_alerts
.phpspecialized
25Databases for Awards Made
- Useful to find out who, what and how much was
actually funded - Federal grants awarded
- NIH CRISP
- AHRQ Grants On-line Database
- Health Services Research Projects in Progress
- Private and state grants awarded
- Foundation Center 990 Finder
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/awards_made.ph
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26Funding Agencies Directory
- US government agencies
- Private, community and corporate foundations
- Top foundations in N.C.
- Top foundations in health and other fields
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/agencies.php
27NIH Frequently Accessed Pages
- Links to institutes and centers
- Guide to getting started at NIH
- Explanation of various grant mechanisms
- Career Award Wizard
- Resources for new investigators
- NIH Roadmap initiative
- Information about peer review process
- http//research.unc.edu/grantsource/nih_links.php